话题扩展词汇 spirit,explorer,sailor,voyage,deed,journey,unknown,present-day,eventually,further 短语及搭配 force sb. to do,persuade sb. to do, find oneself, get into trouble,

follow sb.'s directions, be believed to be sth., known...as... 重要句型 1.They achieved this long before Columbus ever set sail.

2.According to the old stories of Iceland and Norway,Eric the Red was forced to leave Iceland because he had committed a murder,for which he got into trouble.

3.He persuaded some people to go back with him to Greenland.

4.Not long after Eric the Red had landed in Greenland a man called Biarni set sail from Iceland in search of Eric's party. 功能 Giving opinions 1.persuade/ pə'sweid /

vt.说服 to cause sb. to do sth .by reasoning or arguing.

In my opinion, it's a waste of time to try to persuade him to give up smoking.

在我看来，说服他戒烟纯属浪费时间。

persuade的常用结构：

(1）persuade sb. 说服某人

persuade sb. of sth. 使某人相信

persuade sb. into doing sth. 说服某人干某事

persuade sb. to do sth. 说服某人干某事

persuade sb. out of doing sth. 说服某人不干某事

He persuaded all the world-famous pop stars to come and sing at one of these concerts.

他说服了所有的世界著名歌星来为这些音乐会中的一场免费演出。

It's difficult to persuade him to do that. He persuaded her into going with him. 他说服了她跟他一起去。

(2）persuade sb. that......使某人相信......

I persuaded him that he was mistaken. 我说服了他，使他相信他是错的。

辨析：advise 与persuade

advise sb. to do sth.

相当于try to persuade sb. to do sth.,意为"劝说，建议某人做某事"，但不一定说服对方。

如：

She advised him to give up smoking, but he wouldn't listen.

2.present/ pri'zent/

vt. 讲演，演示 to give information about sth.

The English teacher asked two of us to present a five-minute dialogue in English.

(1）present /'prezent/ adj. 出席的，到场的；现在的，目前的。（作定语或表语）